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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-14
PRESS Ps.\aIIGNGs.


While town people are generally
d'splt Jsed with the wet aud dl-agr'C-
able weather, farmers are much
cIhtod at the fine condltion of the
growing wheat crop. The prospects
tor bouutiful yield next season are
exec lent Weathertord sun.
1t is not so vita the people OF
Waco. Here there is genera rcjoic
ing when it rains, and whatever tends
to improve the condition OF the far
mcr class occasions gladness. Waco
relies on the prosperity Of ,he rich
agricultural area of her trade for her
own prosperity, and the condition OF
the crops gives her more concern
than the inc nvenIence of mud and
susn on the streets.
There is no better crop to grow for
forage, none other will yield Il larger
quantity of excellent hay than sof-
ghum. A great msuy southern far
mer. aud stockiuen within the past
few Years have discovered this } be
tact, and plant greater or lesser
quantity OF it for forage. The num-
Der of those who do this is largely on
the increase. But do they raise tneir
own seed, or BUY sueh as Is grown
m n",nh 'U'''I ,hn nH ''', n' $40,
seed. This ouob, lot to he. The
marketable price for wei cleaned sor-
ghum seed Is oil ~ way from 80
GEM ~ 81 Per liz oI1"' !, -" nn acre ol
tvcMtI .livo bu.bel. OF claa, seed r9n
the la,mcr afford to purchase seed
from distance when he ' = raise it
~ U"raP'i' nc 'N' ,i' VI ln' Scc'' a.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-14
Richest Nation on Earth.

II is interesting now aud then 0
compare our own country's annual
earnings with those OF other nations.
Mulhall's table gives the earnings of
the principal nations OF the world for
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-14
Governor Ross in the (IIy,

Gov. Ross returned from CorsicAna
Monday night, and devoted YESTERDAY
to his private affairs, succeeding III
making satisfactory terms with the
tenants who have, for several wears,
occupied and cultivated his fine pl IL
tation on the BrazOs. The governor
talked free ly and unrc-eryedly to Tte
ENAMINEP, but declined to say any
thing tor publ cation at present, FUR
Their than that the new tax law il
working admirably,and is generally ap
proved 10y ne bouest taxpayers. GOV
ernor Ross is kcouly alive TO tho i'm
migration movement, and is thor
ouXhly determined % put Il stop to
the land lariat system on the schOo.
lands,and dispose OF them to the actu-
o settler in the terms of the statute
and the spirit of the law. He under
stands the question, aud the honest.
bona tide settler may feel assured of u
lair deal.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-14
A GALVESTON OFFICE ABOLISHED
DEATH Of Railroad Fireman Heavy Wind
and Rain Storm,

GALVESTON, Dec. Is When Cor
w. ;. Nichols resigned his office as
special inspector Of customs, . accept
The position OF assistant door-kceper
OF the house of Representatives under
Door-keoper Hunt Several well
known politicians here had hopes OF
obi8iniug the Inspect or-hip, nrd Geu.
j VI. Claiborne. was strong V endorsed
tor the lace, bu, otter from Coz
gresham Grain today brushes the
nope, by announcing that the
secretary of the treasury has
abol shed the office altogethcr
the body OF Burt stanton, fireman
on the SANTA Fe railway, was broueh
here this morning, he having died on
the train during the night while en-
route to the hospital here. Deceased
was i'll ut Cleburne aud WAS bel, =
brought here by the railroad comp b
ny. Death resulted from pneumonia.
He was native OF Lynn, Mas, "A
Years Old.
a heavy wind and rain prevailed
here during the entire day.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-14

The science OF mechanics has solved
the next most difficult problem to the
perpetual motion, t9-wit; the BORN.
OF square hole. After fourteen
years OF sleepless nights aud toiling
day :, man Las succeeded in his life r
mission, and a company : organized
to put his invention on the market.
The machine is said to be "silnply an
oscillating head with chisel edges and
protecting lips, which cut out the cor
ners in advance of the chisel.' The
balance OF the machine is very much
Ike the olt-style boring machine.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-14
THE EXAMINER WACO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER H.

the year 1850, and places the uitod
states a The head of the LIST, ga fol-
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-14


Composing eight pages o. lolty-c hit coll
umus, the cream OF nll the news, ~ one Of the
largest newspapers in all Te 1Hs, nd Ger
tHinly one of the cheapest
OEE cory, year o.
OSE CORY, 40 months
ONt CORY, 5 months ot
invariably IN advance
Free of postage to ali part, OF the .nlted
States ana CAntiu
Remit 1rhlt on Waco, postoilicc money
order or rcslstered letter II seut OF Ierwl,e,
We VIII MOI BE- responsible Tor miscarriage.
Address, THE EXAMINER, Waco, IcN3 b.
Specimen copies 5 nj Tree ON application.
Al papors discontinued ri the expiration
Of ihe time PAID Tor.
Look ut the printed lab on your paper.
The dHte thereon shows when the euhscri p
,,On expires. Forward the money IN ample
time for renewal % you lie re uubtokcn ID.
uH w cannot always furnish bHc6 numbers
SubscT beers desiring the address OF their
papel changed VIII peas state ina thcir com
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The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-12-14

observation-disclosures makes good
showing for McEncry and the
straight democracy in Louisiana. AT
the close of last week the delegat IS
chosen stood as follows; For Nc
Emery, 81 10; tor Nichols, 81 -.
The trouble with the so-called Mich
oil, reformers, is that they consorted,
politically, with tho negro and sought
his vote by methods As dlsrcpulable
as they were insinccre.
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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-17
Persian Ladies at the Bath.

The bath takes up good deal Of the time
of all Persian women. Even the poorest will
attend the bamman at least once a week
For the lady the bath is one of the serious
affairs of life and takes up daily from two to
four hours of her time. 1t is something more
than our idea of bath. The victim is scraped
and rubbed and parboiled. The soles of the
feet are pumiced until they are as soft and
tender as those Of little child. The hair is
thoroughly washed by means of hot water
and the saponaceous clay for which Shiraz is
celebrated. Then the attendants mix in a
brazen bowl the aromatic henna with the
requisite amount of lemon juice, till brown
paste of the consistency of Cruel is produced,
and several handfuls of the repulsive looking
compound are smeared over the lady's head
Then the hair, collected into mass, is bound
up in cabbage leaves. Small quantities of the
dye are smeared over the eyebrows; the soles
of the feet, the toes, the palm Of the hands
and the finger tips are also covered with it.
And now the lady has to sit perfectly still for
from one to three hours, till, like meer-
schaum pipe, she colors; and it is exactly the
color obtained on the best specimens Of the
pipes that is most fashionable among the
Persian ladies. Day after day the bath is
thronged with women, each sitting perfectly
still for the color to ''take." But they have
their reward, for the henna dyes the hair a
beautiful deep warm chestnut; hence gray
hair is unknown among Persian ladies.-St
James Gazette.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-17
Edwin Forests Turning Point,

an the following spring went to New
York and put up at boarding house. Twas
without dollar did not have two shirts
in the world. Ny clothes had been seized for
board in Albany. Twas thoroughly disguised
with the world and resolved to kill myself.
1 went to a drug store ard bought some arse
mic. l told the apothecary / wanted to kill
rats. l went to my room and mixed it, and
was on the point of taking it. when, just as
such things happen on the stage, l heard
gentle rap on the door. A man came in and
said he was an actor, and that his name was
Woodruff The object of his visit was to get
me to play for his benefit. He said he had
never seen me act, but he had heard Ogden
Hoffman, member of the legislature, and
others capable of judging, say that was very
fine. l told him hastily that had done with
acting. and that l did not know anything
about him or his benefit. The actor looked
downcast and said: Il am poor man, and
have long summer to run through. had
hoped you would come to my aid and assist
me in supporting my family; otherwise / am
beggared.' These words touched me SC" said
Forrest, "that finally consented. played
'Othello' for him. 1t was grand sweep,
financially and dramatically, for hundreds
were turned away from the doors of the
theatre Next morning Mr.. Clifford, man
ager of the Bowery, put $500 in my hands
(more money than ever had in my life be-
fore), and engaged me for one year at his
theatre. From that time till now my course
has been upward and onward. DIR. Kane in
Baltimore American.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-17
Frozen in Midsummer.

In speaking of the large number of deaths
of English sparrows during the late rain
storms, Professor Otto Lugger, of Baltimore,
says that, instead of having been dashed to
death, be believed they had been frozen in
midsummer One day last week he counted
forty sparrow lying stiff and cold within a
distance of three squares. He carried eight
home, examined all Of them and found no
bones broken. Four Of them he warmed and
they revived. The other four never again
showed signs of life. Professor Lugger gave
the following explanation of the apparent
lifelessness, after the storm, of the birds,
most of which were young ones: In migrating
birds fly against the wind. Should the wind
suddenly change and blow in the same direc-
ton as the birds are flying, and at a greater
rate of speed, the birds feathers are blown
forward, the skin is exposed, and cold driv-
ing rain will soon chill the birds and cause
their death. In this way, strange as it may
seem, the birds may be said to have been
frozen in midsummer-Boston Transcript.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-17
The Wife in France.

Take now the shop keeping classes. There
you will see the wife the active partner of the
husband. Behold them both as the CONNER
cial traveller displays his goods on the
counter. The wife is supreme. Her objec-
tions are without appeal, her opinion final.
1t is she who generally has charge of the
books and the cash box, and neither books
nor cash were ever intrusted to better
guardianship. She is not mere housekeeper,
with or without wages; she is the partner
not merely sleeping partner. This not only
enables her to be of great help to her hus-
band, but it also enables her, if she happens
to become widow, to carry on the business
without her husband, to be Independent, and
to bring up her children. She has not, to OBJ
tain her living on her husbands death. to be-
come working housekeeper or a nurse she
is the mistress of her own house as before
and now the head of the firm. In her shop
she is most polite and empressee, but never
servile, and if you wish her to take you for q
gentleman, don't keep your hat on while you
are engaged with her in commercial trans
action.
1t is said that Louis XIV, the most naughty
and magnificent monarch of modern times,
used TO lift his hat even to the female servants
of his court. If So no man need think that
he derogates from his dignity by keeping his
hat off in a respectable shop when he is
served by a woman.
might say a word or two on the draw
backs of the influence of women on French
men, but there is no doubt that this influence
has polished our manners. Even in business
intercourse politeness is not banished. In
England, for instance, checks are marked
"Pay to-" In France they are worded,
"Veuillez payer"-"Please to pay" "Kindly
pay" etc-Max O'Rell in Harper's Weekly.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-17

Keeper Maest, of the Erie county aims
house, says that in his experience one of the
peculiar freaks of insanity is the seeming re-
versal of natural tendencies. "For instance"
he says, eve have in the male wards fine col
lections of potted plants and climbing vines,
which grow so luxuriantly that they curtain
the windows. The men tend these carefully,
pluck away the dead leaves, stir up the dirt
in the pots, prune the vines, keep them care
fully watered, and in divers other ways
manifest the tenderest watchfulness. Not so
with the women. Every attempt to intro
duce plants and vines as feature Of the fe-
male wards, save in the cottage where the
mildest cases are confined, has proved fat
failure. The women pull out the plants by
the roots, tear down the vines, and manifest
other destructive tendencies entirely at va
rance with the nature of the sex in general"
New York Sum-
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-17
A Thunderstruck Huntsman.

Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, had
negro man named Henry, who was very fond
of 'possum perfect Nimrod in that
line. Having, as usual, gone out for that
purpose, it was not long before his dogs struck
a track and soon tree6. The hunter, having
arrived at the tree, deliberately laid down his
torch, and drawing his ak from his shoulder,
eager for the game, began laying on to fell
it. He had not given more than one or two
cuts, when to his CONSERVATION, he heard
voice from above, saying: "If you won't
let the dogs bite me I'll come down and help
YOU cut the tree down." Thunderstruck and
amazed, the huntsman dropped his ak, and
made double quick time for home. 1t turned
out in the sequel that another negro, runa-
way hearing the dogs, took to tree, and
the 'possum was treed in another about ten
feet off; the runaway, seeing no other person
but the hunter come up, volunteered his
services to help him. But Nimrod thought
the "varmint' was entirely too obliging, or
"thar was ghost somewhar about. ben:
Perley Poore.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-17
LIABILITY OF PHYSICIANS.
What a Supreme Court Judge Said in
Charging a Jury-Common Law

What a Supreme Court Judge Said in
Charging a Jury-Common Law.
In recent case, involving charge of
malpractice, tried in the supreme court of
Massachusetts, the presiding judge in charg-
ing the jury used the following language:
"W Whenever men are called upon to act with
dangerous agencies, the law holds them to
some degree of criminal responsibility. If
they are grossly careless or reckless and pre-
sumptuous, they are guilty. The same general
principle applies to medical treatment. The
government must show not merely the alb
sence OF ordinary care, but gross carelessness,
amounting to recklessness. A man is not to
be convicted of manslaughter merely because
OF his ignorance. His ignorance is only i'm
portant as bearing upon the question whether
his conduct in the care and treatment of the
patient was marked by foolhardy presumption
or gross and reckless carelessness.
"The defendant is to be tried by no other
or higher standard of skill or learning than
that which he necessarily assumed in treating
her-that is, that he was able to do SO with
out gross recklessness or foolhardy presump-
tion in undertaking it. 1t is not necessary to
show an evil intent; if by gross and reckless
negligence he caused the death, he is guilty
OF culpable homicide" Accordingly, it has
been held that a dentist or surgeon using an
anasthetic is not bound to look for any but
the probable and natural effects of the drug,
and is not liable for results arising from the
peculiar temperament or condition of the
patient, Of which he had no knowledge, al
though if this were discoverable upon such
an examination of the patient as reasonable
skill and diligence require, the dentist OF sur
geon would be responsible for neglIgently
failing to inform himself
The fundamental idea on the subject is,
where honesty, average intelligence, skill and
learning are possessed and are applied to the
treatment of the case with ordinary dill
gence and caution, the physician is not liable
for any mischance that may befall his pa
tient. 1t is only where he has been culpable
that he is liable in damages.
physician treating a patient in good
faith, to the best of his ability, is not Grim
inally responsible for the patients death, al
though caused by medicine administered by
him, but person ignorant of the uses and
properties of poisonous drug is criminally
liable for the negligent use thereof-Hall's
Journal of Health.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-17
Euthormion Euthor.

The following poem is a perfect gem. 1t is
very deep, and we don't know what it means;
but the enthusiastic Browning admirers to
whom we have submitted it declare it ex-
quisitely beautiful:
BY ROBERT BROWNING.
See the phoenix flutter-
Worlds grow old and perish)
Four is two times two.
Non elastic butter,
Shades of Lemuel Gerrish,
What is that to you?
So the demon wooed her
Of SO, whence and whereforeO
Science, art and song.
Brahma, Balum, Buddha,
Scotus, Bede and therefore
i have talked too long.
Yankee Blade
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-17
SeasonabIe Rhymes,

sERE AUTUMN.
When on the ground the red leaf lies,
And skies, erst blue, become austere,
And fields are brown, we then surnise
That autumn's sere.
THEY PUT EN- AWAY
When shorter daily grows the day
And harvested are summers fruits,
Then gentle maidens put away
Their bathing suits.
GET READY FOR CHILL.
When twittering swallows leave the caves,
And sOngsters leave the rural grove,
And harvested are all the sheaves,
s Put up the stove.
CONTRARY TO THEIR PREDICTIONS.
When weather prophets do begin
To prophesy with all their soul
A winter mild and warm, put in
Ten tons of coal. Boston Courier.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-17
THE INFANT MEDUSA.

] loved Medusa when she was a child,
Her rich brown tresSes heaped IN crispy curl,
Where now those locks with reptile passion
whirl,
BY hate into disheveled serpents coiled;
loved Medusa when her eyes were mild,
Whose glances, venomed now, perdition hurl
AS her self tangled hair their mass unfurl,
Bristling the way she turns with hissings wild.
Her mouth kissed when curved with amorous
spell,
Now shaped to the unuttered curse of hell,
Wide open for deaths orbs to freeze upon;
Her eyes loved ere glazed in icy stare.
Ere mortals lured into their ruthless glare,
She shriveled in her gaze to pulseless stone
Thomas Gordon Hake.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-17
"Pat, and "Paddy" in Ireland.

There was one thing that specially noticed
in my short visit, and that was the common
use Of the words "Pat" and Paddy" to indicate
the members of the common class. Pat is en-
ployed in Ireland as is John Bull in England
or Brother Jonathan in the United States.
No newspaper Of the United States would
venture to speak Of an Irishman as Paddy.
but the Irish newspapers in Dublin speak con-
stantly of the Paddles, just as we would speak
of the Brother Jonathan Of the Yankees.
You see in nearly every picture store funny
illustrations of the wit OF "Pat" in his roles
of car driver, day laborer or agriculturist. :!
remember one particularly, which represented
Pat as 9 jaunting car driver standing In
front of his horse, holding his great coat
over his head as his very fat lady patron
stands holding out her fare. She asks him
why be holds his coat in that position, and
Pat replies: "Sure do not want him to see
what a load he has been carrying for such
small fare, else the poor baste might become
discouraged This class Of pictures and
stories are much more appreciated by the cul-
tivated Irish people than by any other ma
tionality.-T. C. Crawford in New York
World
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-17
NOTHING NEW.

"There is nothing new!' to me said one,
Gravely quoting threadbare Solomon
"There is nothing new beneath the sun!''
"Ah! what foolish wisdom this :" cried.
"Adages are pompous robes that hide
The nothingness of that which goes inside.
Nothing Is new2 No silver second falls
Tinkling through creations echoing halls,
But something blooms; some voice awakes and
callsl
"Spring, when she floats across the hills and seas,
Hangs not her last years garlands on the trees.
Last autumn's fruits were not the twins of these
Nothing is new? Ingenious sophist, goi
Lift up your cradles coverlet of snow
Is this the babe you lost SO long ago?''
Anonymous.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-11-17
STORY OF A DINNER.
Potatoes, Oat Cake and Goats Milk en- a
Mountain Side-A Lauchable Chase.


Mountain Side-A Laughable Chase.
We entered the hut and found the owner,
an lrishman, sitting on a stool beside pot
eating potatoes. His mode of eating was TO
break the potato in two pieces, dip the end OF
the half in salt that was spread on his knee,
and then squeeze il ont of its skin into his
mouth When | told him that we were hun
cry, he expressed regret that he had nothing
but potatoes to offer us, but what he had, ne
said we were welcome to "wid heart and a
half" His hospitable wife suggested tha.
while we rounded the edge of our appetites
with the potatoes she would make scone et
oatmeal bread, and if John, her husband,
would catch the goat we could have milk.
John found the goat in the act of masticat-
ing the hair stufting of new horse collar.
When he realized that his horse collar was
being filed away in the digestive machinery
OF 81 goat, the disastrous character of the
misfortune dawned on him, and gave vent
to his feelings in yell that sounded like the
wall OF lost soul prowling around Chicago
street at / a. IN. With dismay in every
feature and a singletree in his hand, he went
for the goat. She did not wait for him, but,
spreading her tail to the breeze she prone
naded OFT in Jaunty and debonair way
peculiar to mountain goats. She went streak
ing around the house, up the hill, then
down and across the brook, and back.
and around the house, with John in full
cry at her wake. As the pageant came
tearing past the door, the goat bleating a de-
risive defiance, John waving the singletree in
the ambient cleaning, and calling ON us to
head her off, and we trying to eat hot pota-
toes, trip up the goat, and laugh all at the
same time, 1t was a spectacle the like Of
which is seldom seen. The goat went around
the house so often and so rapidly that she
looked like procession Of goats that wanted
to go somewhere and was pressed for time.
John was suddenly possessed with an in
spiration, and as suddenly he stopped i'll his
mad career. Why should he pursue the ami
NAL; why not turn, meet, and intercept her
on the next lap! With John to think was to
act. He was no sooner struck with the idea
than he turned, and-then he was struck by
the goat, and doubled up like the mattress of
folding bed
When goat, rushing through space, is
suddenly confronted by man, who hits her
on the head with his stomach the goat is in
varlably surprised. This goat was so aston
lshed that she stood still for moment, and
during that moment she was seized by two OF
the white haired children and tied to cart
We had to slam John on the back with a
| board to straighten him out. While this was
| going on the woman MIXED the goat. Soon
| the oat cake was cooked, and such dinner
as we had! There was nothing, absolutely
nothing, but the oat cake, the milk and the
| potatoes. But how l enjoyed them, and how
much of thes, things ate, words would fail
me to express.-J. Annoy Knox in Boston
Herald